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@IsabelAllison2 @HuntingEnglish @HarfordSean @MrOatesSoSimple @mberry @chrisdysonHT @llewelyn20 @smithsmm Taking out flight paths also means - no clear target grades; no clear idea of who is 'underperforming'; no easy data to pinpoint 'intervention groups'; no certainty about future outcomes. These implications are often overlooked or hard to swallow!

Some cracking new words inducted into the dictionary here (being originally from Liverpool, I love the Edge Hill reference!) - ‘Oxford English Dictionary adds new entries: chuddies, jibbons and fantoosh’ https://t.co/bBhfVyFIul

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Alex Quigley

I am a Senior Associate at the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF), after fifteen years as an English teacher and school leader. The focus of my work is supporting school improvement and making research evidence accessible and useable for teachers and school leaders.

I write books for Routledge, including the bestseller, ‘Closing the Vocabulary Gap’. Currently, I am a columnist for both TES and Teach Secondary magazine. I am a ResearchED Trustee & a member of the Chartered College of Teaching Impact Journal board.